Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby

Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby
Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby
	Earl of Derby
Tenure	1651-1672
Born	19 January 1628
Died	21 December 1672 (aged 44)
Nationality	English
Locality	Liverpool
Spouse(s)	Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven
	Issue William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby; James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
Father	James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
Mother	Charlotte de La Trémouille

Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby (19 January 1628 – 21 December 1672) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Trémouille.

Life

As Lord Strange, he took little part in the English Civil War. In France at the time of his father's condemnment in 1651, he petitioned unsuccessfully for the latter's life. After succeeding to the Earldom, he lived quietly at Bidston Hall, Cheshire, emerging to support Booth's unsuccessful rising in 1659. Attainted for so doing, he was restored the following year and the family's lands in the Isle of Man were returned to him.

He served as mayor of Liverpool, between 1666 and 1667.[1]

Marriage & children

Arms of Stanley impaling Kirkhoven, representing the marriage of the 8th Earl of Derby, St Paul's Church, Witherslack, Cumbria

In 1650 he married Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven (died 1674), daughter of Jehan, Lord of Heenvliet of Holland, one of the diplomats involved in negotiating the marriage between William II, Prince of Orange and Mary, Princess Royal, daughter of King Charles I, future parents of King William III of England. Dorothea's mother was Katherine Wotton, widow of Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope (d.1634), 2nd surviving son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and the elder daughter of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton by his wife Mary Throckmorton, a daughter of Sir Arthur Throckmorton of Paulerspury, Northamptonshire. By his wife he had two sons:

William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c.1655-1702), elder son and heir, who married Lady Elizabeth Butler and had two daughters but no sons
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (1664-1736), younger son, who married Mary Morley and had one child, who died in infancy; James succeeded his elder brother in the earldom.

Wife's royal affair

Dorothea reportedly had an extramarital tryst with King Charles II which resulted in a child:

George "Swan" (born 1658), who was raised by the wife of a gunner at Windsor Castle named Swan, and himself adopted the surname Swan.[2]

References

"Former Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Liverpool". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
The Life of Mrs Robertson, Grand-Daughter of Charles 11. Written by Herself. Derby, 1792

External links

Images at the National Portrait Gallery

Honorary titles
English Interregnum	Vice-Admiral of Cheshire 1661–1672	Vacant Title next held by The Earl of Derby
	Vice-Admiral of Lancashire 1661–1672	Succeeded by William Banks
	Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire jointly with The Lord Brereton 1662–1664 and Lancashire 1660–1672	Succeeded by The Earl of Bridgewater
Peerage of England
Preceded by James Stanley	Earl of Derby 1651–1672	Succeeded by William Stanley
Head of State of the Isle of Man
Preceded by Thomas Fairfax	Lord of Mann 1660–1672	Succeeded by William II Stanley

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[1] "Former Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Liverpool". Liverpool City Council. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.

[2] The Life of Mrs Robertson, Grand-Daughter of Charles 11. Written by Herself. Derby, 1792